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| Two more Yemeni protesters shot dead (by PressTV)
Yemeni security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters, killing and wounding several civilians, medics say.
Despite a deal that would see President Ali Abdullah Saleh stand down within a month, hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Yemen on Monday, calling on Saleh to quit immediately.
Protesters say they do not trust Saleh to leave...
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| | US bombs remains of F-15 in Libya (by PressTV)
A recently-released footage shows the United States bombing the remains of one of its F-15 fighter jets that crashed in eastern Libya more than a month ago.
The fighter jet carrying two 1,000-pound missiles went down in a field near the...
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| | Poll: Retirement outlook gloomy in US (by PressTV)
A new survey has indicated that a majority of non-retired Americans are pessimistic about the financial status after their retirement.
The poll conducted by Gallup said on Monday that 53 percent of non-retired Americans do not think they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
The new figure is up in comparison with the 2002 poll.
At that time, when Gallup asked...
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| | Capitalism and Class Struggle (by James Petras)
Capitalist accumulation is unfolding in a very uneven pattern with important consequences for the nature and intensity of the class struggle. Moreover, the particular responses by workers and especially the capitalist state to the general condition of the economy has shaped the degree to which class struggle intensifies and which of the two major "poles' (capital or labor) has taken the...
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| | Tehran will not ban British publishers (by PressTV)
Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance has disagreed with banning British publishers from participating in the 2011 Tehran International Book Fair.
Mohammad Hosseini said his country would not retaliate against British government for what it did to Iranian publishers who wanted to take part in the London Book Fair, IRNA reported.
"Iran will not behave like them," he added....
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| | Parts of woman body found in Mexico (by PressTV)
Mexican authorities say the scattered body parts of a woman recently located in a district in the capital may be linked to a series of drug-gang murders.
According to a Saturday statement by the city's prosecutor's office, the woman's dismembered body was found in several places, AP reported.
The woman's torso was found on one block at the San Miguel Chapultepec neighborhood with the...
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| | Egypt busts antiques trafficking ring (by PressTV)
Egyptian airport authorities have impounded tons of antiques a businessman close to former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was trying to smuggle to Saudi Arabia.
Customs officers at the Cairo Airport said Hussein Salem was trying to smuggle cultural heritage items and antiques out of the country under the cover of the Saudi Princess Lamiaa bint Muqrin, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Sunday.
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| | Individual protests expected in London (by PressTV)
A group opposed to the UK government's spending cuts has rallied its supporters to protest individually outside Westminster Abbey on the day of the royal wedding.
The group called 'Reclaim The Royal Wedding' suggested on its Facebook page that its supporters will exercise their rights to stage protest as individuals since they knew their request for permission to stage a demonstration...
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| | UK needs equality impact assessment (by PressTV)
Teachers in Britain have warned the government that the public sector cuts would mostly hit women, ethnic minorities and LGBT people.
At the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) conference, the government was asked to undertake equality impact assessments.
NASUWT promised to raise public awareness of the negative effect the cuts have on different groups of...
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| | Anti-monarchs to protest on wedding day (by PressTV)
The British groups, Reclaim the Royal Wedding and Worker's Liberty, are to protest along the route of the royal wedding in the form of a mass gathering to show their hatred towards monarchy.
In a statement published on Facebook, the group leaders have accused the Metropolitan police for ignoring the basic social rights for freedom of speech, since the police have banned any gathering around...
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| | Muslim graves desecrated by vandals (by PressTV)
More than 20 Muslim graves at High Wycombe Cemetery off northwestern London have been desecrated by unknown vandals, who knocked down headstones and scattered grave ornaments.
The graves at the cemetery in Hampden Road Buckinghamshire were desecrated between 09:00 pm on Wednesday and 08:00 am on Thursday.
Thames Valley Police said they have launched an investigation into the case and are...
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| | UK reserves used in wars than services (by PressTV)
Labour MP has urged the British government to clarify why a large amount of money "has suddenly become available for the Libya war," while there are no reserves for health, housing and education.
Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour MP for Islington North, has previously asked the Parliament to be recalled to discuss the role of the UK government in the military operation in Libya.
He, however,...
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| | British activists deplore royal family (by PressTV)
British campaigners have organized protests outside Westminster Abbey and five-star hotels where foreign despots are staying to attend the Royal Wedding.
Human rights activists have vowed to stage protests against the invitations of Crown Prince of Bahrain Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa's, Saudi Arabia's Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz, Zimbabwe's ambassador to the UK, and the...
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| | HR: 500 Nigerians killed after election (by PressTV)
A Nigerian human rights group says at least 500 people have been killed in violent developments that followed the country's recent presidential election.
The dastardly violence mostly hit the predominately Muslim regions north of the country after President Goodluck Jonathan sent security forces to the north to quell uprisings against Muslim supporters of his rival Muhammadu Bhuari.
The...
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| | Iran warns of US blame game ploy (by PressTV)
Iran has warned against plots hatched by the United States and Israel to pin the blame for developments in the Middle East on other countries, urging regional governments to practice convergence and cooperation.
"We are witnessing that the US and the Zionist regime (Israel) are following a plot of accusing others of interfering in internal affairs of other countries," in an attempt to...
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| | Hijacking of Italian plane foiled (by PressTV)
Crew members on an Alitalia plane countered the attempted hijacking of a Paris-Italy flight by a man who demanded the plane change its destination to Libya.
On Sunday, the man identified as Kazakhstani Valery Tolmachev, 48, reportedly held a knife to a flight attendant, demanding that the plane divert to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the state funded BBC reported.
"A passenger in an evident...
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| | Easter Island mystery finally solved? (by PressTV)
A scientific battle over the fate of Easter Island's natives is ready to erupt this summer with the publication of a book challenging the notion that their Neolithic society committed ecological suicide.
The debate has a modern political dimension, reported The Independent.
At stake is the central example, cited by Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or...
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| | Bahrain violates Geneva Convention (by PressTV)
Reports reveal that Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have been treating anti-government protesters in divergence with the Geneva Convention.
On Sunday, the forces launched a second raid in less than a week on an all-girls' school in the north of the country in line with the violent crackdown on the popular revolution the government is facing, a Press TV correspondent reported from Bahrain.
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| | Libyans take refuge at Tunisian borders (by PressTV)
Thousands of people have fled their homes in southwestern Libya as the conflict between forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi and revolutionaries aggravates.
Libyans are taking refuge at the Remada Refugee Camp, 50 Kilometers from the Tunisian-Libyan border, due to the fear of being tangled in the bloody fighting which has engulfed the volatile state since...
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| | Saudi king to visit protest-hit Bahrain (by PressTV)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is set to meet Bahraini officials amid ongoing brutal crackdowns by Saudi-backed Bahraini forces on anti-government protesters in Bahrain.
In his scheduled visit on Thursday, Abdullah will meet Bahrain's King Hamad, Prime Minister Khalifah ibn Salman Al Khalifah, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah and other officials in a show of support for Bahrain's...
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| | Leaked files: Innocent tortured at Gitmo (by PressTV)
Recently leaked documents show that the US military knowingly held and tortured hundreds of innocent people at the Guantanamo Bay prison for years.
Secret files released by the WikiLeaks website indicate that the United States has released dozens of "high-risk" detainees, while keeping hundreds of innocent men for years, AFP reported.
The US military considers only 220 people of the 779...
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| | Report: Alcohol abuse up among young Aussies (by PressTV)
Youth organizations in Australia have reported a fourfold increase in alcohol use in young people over the last five years and are calling on the federal government to adopt preventative measures including increasing the tax on alcohol and limiting the opening hours of Alcohol stores. Many are concerned that cheap and accessible alcohol,...
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| | Lebanese Christians celebrate Easter (by PressTV)
In the country that has the highest percentage of Christians in the Arab world, and where the majority of people are Muslims, both religions coexist peacefully where religious leaders greet one another for special occasions. These bells are carrying a joyful message for all those who believe that Jesus has risen to an everlasting...
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| | Saudi abuses (by PressTV)
In Saudi Arabia, women have held an unprecedented rally outside a voter registration office in the city of Jeddah to protest the country's electoral system. ![]() Source: PressTV | | Illegal Israeli settlers break into Palestinian site (by PressTV)
Clashes erupted Sunday morning between armed Israeli settlers and Palestinian security officers when dozens of armed ultra-Orthodox settlers broke into a Palestinian checkpoint near the Joseph tomb site in the city of Nablus, without coordinating with the Palestinian side and without the required escort of Israeli forces, violating a...
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| | 'US pursues forward escape strategy' (by PressTV)
A senior Iranian lawmaker has described as an act of forward escaping the recent remarks by US President Barack Obama that accused Iran of aiding the Syrian government in dealing with protests in the Middle Eastern country.
"[US President Barack] Obama's remarks have only been made in reaction to the US failures in the region and are more of a testimony to the blame game played by the US...
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| | Several killed in southern Syria (by PressTV)
As Syria grapples with unrest, several people have been killed in the southern town of Daraa following the entrance of security forces into the area.
Security forces entered the area with tanks and snipers early Monday, AFP reported.
Daraa is the city where demonstrations first broke out in the Middle Eastern country in mid-March.
Syrian Arab News Agency earlier said five security troops...
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| | Footage reveals Bahrain police brutality (by PressTV)
New footage coming from Bahrain shows a protester has been beaten brutally to death by Saudi-backed troops in the capital Manama.
Officials in Salmaniyah hospital have pronounced him clinically dead.
Another footage from the same hospital...
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| | 'Caspian Sea promotes peace' (by PressTV)
Iran's deputy foreign minister says the Caspian Sea is "a sea of peace and friendship" which brings its littoral states closer together.
"The security of the Caspian Sea is ensured only through the cooperation of [its] coastal states, and fortunately the littoral countries agree on that," Mohammad-Mehdi Akhoundzadeh was quoted by IRNA as saying in a meeting with local authorities in...
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| | US debt cuts excludes military spending (by PressTV)
The United States' plans to decrease the national debt of about USD 14 trillion exclude America's military spending but include heavy cuts impacting the country's working class.
Capitol Hill lawmakers have failed to include cuts in the US military...
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| | The Talmud Re-Examined (by Braveheart)
The charges against the Talmud throughout the centuries have been that it is severely anti-gentile, that it teaches that non-Jews are animals in human form, that it is permitted for Jews to swindle and cheat non-Jews, that it condones various bizarre sexual practices, including sex with underage children, that it turns the truth upside down through sophistries, that it inverts logic and...
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| | US police taser shock kills Florida man (by PressTV)
A man allegedly acting disorderly outside an amusement park in the US state of Florida has died after being shocked with a taser gun by an off-duty police officer.
Adam Spencer Johnson, 33, was pronounced dead in a local hospital, after he was shocked with a taser gun by an officer for allegedly causing disturbances outside Universal Studios in Florida, the state funded BBC reported.
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| | 5 killed in southern Yemen clashes (by PressTV)
Five people have lost their lives in clashes between armed tribesmen and Republican Guard forces in southern Yemen as protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh continue nationwide.
"Four soldiers and a tribesman were killed in new fighting today," said a police official, AFP reported on Sunday.
The clashes in the province of Lahij had also earlier claimed the lives of eight people,...
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| | 'US hypocritical over Saudi Arabia' (by PressTV)
Women are banned from driving and cannot travel without being authorized by a male guardian. This may sound absolutely antiquated but it is happening in Saudi Arabia. It is illegal for women to even open a bank account.
In an interview with Abdul Ali Musa, Imam of Masjid al-Islam in Berkeley, PressTV has discussed the issue further more.
PressTV: In international circles, many times the...
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| | 'West seeks interests in weak Libya' (by PressTV)
Western powers follow their own interests in seeking to weaken both the Libyan revolutionaries and Libya's embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi, says a political observer.
"I guess the objective of the United States and NATO is to weaken the...
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| | Taliban militants escape Kandahar jail (by PressTV)
At least 500 Taliban militants, including 106 commanders, have escaped from Kandahar central prison in southern Afghanistan, an official says.
According to Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, 541 Taliban prisoners managed to escape from Kandahar prison early Monday. He said 106 of them are key Taliban commanders, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The Prisoners had dug a 360-meter-long...
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| | African Americans rally against Obama (by PressTV)
African Americans have staged a rally in Washington to protest against socioeconomic disparities in the US and failures to provide jobs to the black communities.
Members of the New Black Panther Party and the Black is Back coalition converged in a...
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| | Pakistanis condemn US strikes (by PressTV)
Thousands of Pakistani people have held sit-ins in Peshawar to condemn the unauthorized US drone attacks that have claimed the lives of many civilians in the country.
The sit-ins, held and led by Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf Party, included people from...
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| | Building fire kills 17 in China (by PressTV)
At least 17 people have been killed and 24 others injured in a building fire in a southern Beijing suburb, local police have announced.
The blaze broke out in a four-story building at 1 a.m. local time on Monday (1700 GMT Sunday) in Jiugong town in the Daxing district, Xinhua news agency reported without providing any further details.
Firefighters have put out the blaze, but an...
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| | NATO targets Gaddafi's Tripoli compound (by PressTV)
NATO warplanes operating in Libya have targeted a building inside Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's compound in the capital Tripoli, witnesses said.
Earlier, several explosions shook the center of Tripoli as NATO fighter jets flew over the city. Signals of Libya's state TV have reportedly cut off after the blasts.
US officials had in the past days urged the NATO to attack Libya's state...
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| | NATO hits Gaddafi's Tripoli compound (by PressTV)
NATO warplanes operating in Libya have targeted a building inside Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's compound in the capital Tripoli, witnesses said.
Earlier, several explosions shook the center of Tripoli as NATO fighter jets flew over the city. Signals of Libya's state TV have reportedly cut off after the blasts.
US officials had in the past days urged the NATO to attack Libya's state...
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| | Russian FM calls for ceasefire in Libya (by PressTV)
Russia's foreign minister has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya amid the worsening humanitarian situation in the North African country.
In a telephone conversation with Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi on Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged implementation of UN Security Council resolutions in Libya, Xinhua reported on Sunday.
"It is necessary to...
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| | 'Saleh should be held accountable' (by PressTV)
Thousands of people in Yemen are calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh's trial despite a deal that has been reached to end his 32-year reign.
The deal planned by the Persian Gulf Arab states grants immunity from persecution to the embattled president...
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| | 'Alcohol abuse on rise among Aussies' (by PressTV)
Youth organizations in Australia have urged the government to take strong measures against alcohol problems, as figures show an increase in alcohol abuse among youths.
Youth and health advocates have expressed concern that cheap and accessible alcohol...
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| | 57 killed in South Sudan clashes (by PressTV)
At least 57 people have been killed and dozens of others injured in clashes between security forces and militiamen in South Sudan, an official says.
Brig. Malaak Ayuen, the head of the South Sudan's Army Information Department, said clashes between soldiers led by former militia leader Gabriel Tanginye and government forces erupted on Saturday morning in the state of Jonglei, AP reported.
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| | Iran, Iraq agree to extradite criminals (by PressTV)
![]( "Iraqi Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari (L) and his Iranian counterpart Morteza Bakhtiari (R), witnessed by Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani (C), sign agreements on the extradition of criminals on April 24 in Tehran.") ![]( "Al-Shammari (L) and Larijani (R) in a meeting on April 24 in Tehran") ![]() | | Iraqi Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari (L) and his Iranian counterpart Morteza Bakhtiari (R), witnessed by Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Larijani (C), sign agreements on the extradition of criminals on April 24 in Tehran. | Iran and Iraq have signed agreements on the extradition of criminals, including provisions for the repatriation of convicts to their country of origin.
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| | The Reptilian Brain, The Moon Matrix Mind Games (by David Icke)
"It really is all just a game in the mind. Love is the answer,it is what we are,always have been and always will be,forever before and after these illusionary experiences have come and gone" | | Greek PM upbeat about financial crisis (by PressTV)
Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou says the financial crisis will be surmounted "despite the difficulties" one year after the country took a bailout.
In his annual message for Orthodox Easter, Papandreou portrayed a more upbeat and positive outlook for his country's economy.
"We will fight against pessimism and we will succeed… Greece is born again despite the difficulties," AFP...
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| | Heavy explosions shake Libya's capital (by PressTV)
Big explosions have reportedly shaken the center of Libyan capital city of Tripoli as the battle between revolutionary forces and Muammar Gaddafi loyalists intensifies.
The blasts took place at 2210 GMT Sunday in several parts of Tripoli which have been under intensive fire from NATO fighter jets since Friday, AFP reported.
The main battlefield is still the western city of Misratah where...
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| | Salehi in Turkmenistan for railway talks (by PressTV)
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic is cooperating with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to build a railroad linking the three countries.
Salehi made the remarks in a press conference upon his arrival in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, where he was officially welcomed by his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov, IRNA reported.
The Iranian minister noted that the...
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| | Thai-Cambodia clashes leave 11 dead (by PressTV)
Fresh clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops have reportedly left at least 11 people dead from both sides along the disputed Thailand-Cambodia border.
The current round of clashes began on Friday and both sides have been using long range heavy artillery, military commanders on both sides confirmed.
In his weekly television show, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said that sporadic...
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| | 'Mubarak to move to military hospital' (by PressTV)
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must be moved to a military hospital, says the country's Prosecutor General Abdel Magid Mahmoud.
The prosecutor general said on Sunday that Mubarak was supposed to be moved to Cairo's Tora prison hospital but the hospital was not prepared enough, the Associated Press reported.
The move came after tests indicated that Mubarak is well enough to travel....
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| | Turkey lashes out at US president (by PressTV)
Turkey has denounced US President Barack Obama's remarks on the Ottoman-era alleged killings of Armenians as "one-sided political characterization of history."
In an annual message marking the 96th anniversary of the alleged "massacre of the Armenians" during World War I, Obama used the term "Meds Yeghern" or "Great Disaster" to describe the incidents of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire, and urged...
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| | Tunisians demand interim govt. ouster (by PressTV)
Thousands of Tunisians have held demonstrations in the capital Tunis, calling for the ouster of the country's interim government.
Protesters took to the streets on Sunday and demanded the resignation of interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi, reiterating that the new governing team should be completely swept from the old guard.
Tunisian Court of Appeal on Friday approved the verdict of an...
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| | Four killed in new Syria unrest (by PressTV)
At least four people have reportedly died in a Mediterranean coast town in Syria as the country continues to grapple with unrest.
The Sunday violence in Jabla also reportedly inflicted injury on several others, AFP reported.
Since mid-March, Syria has been struggling with pro-reform protests that have left scores of people, including police forces, dead.
Syrian authorities blame armed...
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| | Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter (by PressTV)
Vatican police have clashed with Roma gypsies who took refuge at one of Rome's ancient churches after their camps were dismantled.
About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported.
Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to...
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| | Former US intel specialists speak out (by PressTV)
US war veteran Evan Knappenberger sheds light on role of army intelligence specialists, like himself and former colleague Bradley Manning, in the Iraq war.
"I was involved in torture in Iraq. Part of an intel analyst's job is 'targeting.' You take a human being and put him on a piece of paper,"…"You've got a grid coordinate of where he lives and a little box that says what to do...
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| | Iranian leader urges media not to imply tension (by PressTV)
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has advised Iranian media to refrain from suggesting there is tension in the country's peaceful atmosphere.
The media should not report in a way that, contrary to the society's current situation, suggests tension and dispute in the country, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar and a group...
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| | 'Enemy changing tactics against Iran' (by PressTV)
The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the enemy has lost hope of launching military and intelligence wars against Iran and is using other threats.
"The enemy is frustrated with a military, even intelligence and counter-security war against the Islamic establishment, and has turned to political, cultural and economic threats, which, in our view, are very...
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| | Indians first to perform Brain surgery (by PressTV)
A Tibetan culture specialist's studies on an ancient encyclopedia suggest that brain surgery was practiced by doctors at least 2,900 years ago.
"The 2,900-year-old Tibetan Tripitaka states clearly why and how brain surgery was carried out," said Karma Trinley, an associate professor with the Tibetan language and literature department of Tibet University in Lhasa.
Trinley, who has been...
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| | Humala leading Peru opinion polls (by PressTV)
In Peru, leftist candidate Ollanta Humala is ahead of conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori in polls leading up to the presidential runoff election.
In the first poll following the April 10 election, Humala was shown to have 42 percent support while Fujimori received 36, an Ipsos Apoyo survey published in El Comercio newspaper showed, Reuters reported.
Humala and Fujimori had won 31.7...
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| | Iran urges vigilance against enemy plots (by PressTV)
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the importance of vigilance against enemy plots to sow the seeds of discord among the people of the region.
Referring to the current condition of Muslim countries in the region, Salehi reiterated the necessity of vigilance against enemy conspiracies to divide Shia and Sunni Muslims.
Salehi made the remarks in a meeting with Head of...
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| | Violence kills 500 Afghans in 30 days (by PressTV)
Afghanistan's government says nearly 500 Afghans have been killed in the war-torn country in the past month alone amid deteriorating security situation there.
The Interior Ministry said the deaths were reported between March 21 and April 20.
It added that the fatalities included over 80 civilians and nearly 80 policemen and that the rest were militants.
Violence has escalated despite the...
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| | NATO fires on Iranian fishermen (by PressTV)
Iranian fishermen have narrowly escaped a NATO anti-piracy mission's strike on fishing boats in Somali waters near the coastal city of Hobyo.
On Thursday, a vessel carrying fourteen Iranian fisherman was reportedly caught up in an attack carried out by three helicopters from the international naval forces for the second time in as many days, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Hobyo Police...
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| | 'Regional events should be monitored' (by PressTV)
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says heads of Iranian diplomatic missions overseas should monitor regional and international developments.
He made the remarks in Tehran in a Sunday meeting which wrapped up a two-day gathering of heads of Iranian diplomatic missions abroad.
The gathering aimed to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf countries and...
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| | US protests support Arab uprisings (by PressTV)
Protesters have gathered in Washington once again to support the popular uprisings taking place from Libya to Bahrain and across the Arab world.
"This is the first organization that's actually uniting all the countries in the Middle East and North...
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| | 'Gaddafi plays game with West' (by PressTV)
United States has launched its first drone attack on Libya as the stalemate continues between forces loyal to ruler Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan revolutionaries.
In an interview with Press TV, Lebanese University professor Mohsen Saleh comments on the current developments in the African country. The following is a transcript of the interview:
Press TV: We are hearing US drones getting...
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| | TSA: An Army of Pervs and Criminals (by Kurt Nimmo)
Thomas Gordon Jr. of Philadelphia, a TSA "screener," was arrested on March 24 for distributing more than 100 images of child pornography via Facebook. He uploaded explicit pictures of young girls and also posted a photograph of himself in his TSA uniform, Fox News reported on Saturday. Gordon was arrested by Homeland Security and is being held without bail. ![]()
Federal agents also note...
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| | Gasoline prices affect Obama re-election (by PressTV)
The rising cost of oil, which has increased the price of gasoline in the US, is expected to deal another blow to US President Barack Obama's bid for re-election.
"My poll numbers go up and down depending on the latest crisis, and right now gas prices are weighing heavily on people," Obama said in Los Angeles this week to Democratic donors, The Huffington Post reported.
The national average...
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| | US base in Iraq under rocked attack (by PressTV)
Security sources say a Untied States military base in eastern Iraq has come under a second rocket attack in less than a week.
Three Katyusha rockets hit the Echo Army base near the city of Diwaniyah late on Saturday, Fars News Agency reported on Sunday. The projectiles are reported to have been fired from the southern parts of the city.
American helicopters were dispatched on a search...
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| | Nefarious Saudi Slaughter on Bahrain (by PressTV)
Protesters and human rights groups are calling for major changes in Bahrain, where everything is being devoured by al-Khalifa loyalists and fanatical Wahhabis.
Press TV interviewed Maryam al-Khawaja of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights about the vicious and macabre Saudi aggression against unarmed Bahrainis as protests and international human right groups finally start to take notice.
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| | Japan to conduct 3rd search mission (by PressTV)
Japan has organized another intensive search operation in the country's northern coasts to recover the bodies of the victims of the March 11 twin disasters.
A total of 24,800 soldiers, equipped with 50 boats and 90 helicopters and planes, will be dispatched to Japan's disaster hit areas on Monday on a two-day land-and-sea search mission.
"We will do our utmost to recover bodies for bereaved...
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| | Gaddafi forces kill dozens in Misratah (by PressTV)
At least 36 people have been killed over the past 24 hours in Misratah after forces loyal to embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi heavily bombarded the western Libyan city.
Explosions and gunfire were heard on Sunday in the city center and three residential areas, revolutionary forces say.
NATO planes have also been seen flying over the coastal city but there has been no sign of airstrikes.
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| | If I were a carpenter (by John Kaminski)
![]() Foundation of human society crumbling: Fabricated magical myths of immortality prevent us from seeing the real purpose of life
Easter Sunday, AD 2011 Nothing lasts forever, they say - and they're right. If I were a carpenter, the first thing I'd tell you is that nothing - no structure, no organization, no life, no world . . . no, nothing ever lasts very long unless it's built on a solid...
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| | US honors Keykhosrow Pournazeri (by PressTV)
San Francisco has granted a certificate of honor to Iranian musician and Tanbour virtuoso Keykhosrow Pournazeri after he held a concert with the Shams ensemble.
"The certificate was awarded to recognize cultural activities of Shams ensemble over the past thirty years and introducing Nowruz festivities in the US," said Pournazeri.
The veteran musician and his group held a concert tour...
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| | 'Dissidents can attack UK mainland' (by PressTV)
British intelligence officials are warning that separatist Northern Irish groups have expanded their capabilities to a level that they can now target the mainland.
Senior British counter-terrorism officials said dissident republicans' capability to launch attacks on the British mainland across the Irish Sea "now goes beyond an aspiration."
"We feel there is capability to attempt some...
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| | Royal wedding costs spark anger in UK (by PressTV)
A new survey has found that more than a third of the British people believe the royal wedding should not be funded by taxpayers' money.
The survey commissioned by YouGov poll shows that a total of 36 percent of those questioned said it is not a good use of the public purse.
The YouGov survey also found that 29 percent of people in the UK believe the impending nuptials of Prince William and...
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